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The command-line interface (CLI) is a line-oriented user interface that provides commands for configuring, managing, and monitoring the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. This chapter contains the following topics:
Table 1-1 lists CLI keyboard shortcuts to help you enter and edit command lines on the controller.
The question mark (?) character allows you to get the following type of help about the command at the command line. Table 1-2 lists the interactive help feature list.
To look up keyboard commands, use the help command at the root level.
Help may be requested at any point in a command by entering a question mark ‘?’. If nothing matches, the help list will be empty and you must back up until entering a ‘?’ shows the available options. Two types of help are available
1. Full help is available when you are ready to enter a command argument (for example show ?) and describes each possible argument.
2. Partial help is provided when an abbreviated argument is entered and you want to know what arguments match the input (for example show pr?).
To display all of the commands in your current level of the command tree, or to display more information about a particular command, use the ? command.
When you enter a command information request, put a space between the command name and ?.
This command shows you all the commands and levels available from the root level.
To provide a list of commands that begin with the character string, use the partial command ?.
There should be no space between the command and the question mark.
This example shows how to provide a command that begin with the character string “ad”:
The command that matches with the string “ad” is as follows:
To completes a partial command name, use the partial command<tab> command.
This example shows how to complete a partial command name that begin with the character string “ad”:
To list the keywords, arguments, or both associated with the command, use the command ?.
There should be space between the command and the question mark.
This example shows how to list the arguments and keyword for the command acl:
Information similar to the following appears:
To list the arguments that are associated with the keyword, use the command keyword ?
There should be space between the keyword and the question mark.
This example shows how to display the arguments associated with the keyword cpu:
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